The car pulled up front of a small, two-storey building. The building was made of the same black stone brick that made up the majority of the buildings Ed had seen so far. It had a flat roof with a slight overhang, providing shade for the small balcony on the second floor.

Long glass windows stretched across the front of the building, but the view of the inside was blocked by curtains.

The servant stepped out of the front of the car and opened the door for Ed.

Well, that was nice of him. Ed looked at the building, curious to see what it would look like inside. This is a lot of space for me to have all to myself.

The servant stepped up to the door and whipped out a set of keys. Unlocking the door, he gestured for Ed to step inside.

The first floor had a wide-open area that took up half of the floor space, with a door on the back wall. A small space was sectioned off near the door by a counter. A part of the counter could be lifted, so that someone could walk in and out.

“This place was previously used as a storefront, that’s why this space is so open and why it has the long glass windows. If there are any changes you want to make to it, you can call the head butler, and a team will be sent out to fix it up right away.”

Ed stared at the wide open. What could I even do with this? Guess I’ll get rid of the windows and the counter, then maybe I can think of something to put in here.

“If you would follow me, I’ll bring you to your living quarters upstairs.” The servant said.

Sure, why not?

Ed followed him through the back door, entering a small storage room with a stairwell at the end. The room was littered with boxes, various bits of furniture, and mannequins, all of which were covered up by sheets.

“We haven’t been able to throw out everything that belonged to the previous owner yet. If there is anything you want, you are more than welcome to keep it. If not, we can have it all thrown away by the end of tomorrow.” The servant said.

“I’ll take a look through everything later.” Ed said.

“Of course. Follow me.” The servant led Ed through a path that had been cleared, and up the flight of stairs.

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Before they stepped through the door on the second floor, Ed noticed that there was another flight of stairs that led up to the roof. Looks like I’ve got some space on the roof I could use as well.

The servant pushed open the door and guided Ed through a tour of his new home.

“Starting off, we have a small little entryway here where you can leave your shoes. To the right we have the living room. There’s a TV with access to all the available channels in Pride City. There’s both a sofa and an armchair for you to choose between when watching TV. The living room also has a coffee table, and some shelves for storage.”

Walking behind the sofa, they went along the hallway, passing by three doors before making it to the kitchen. There was a small dividing wall that separated the living room from the kitchen, but beyond that, the space was fairly neat and compact.

“Here is your kitchen. As you can see, it has everything you will need. There are several cupboards and drawers for storage between the fridge, oven, and pantry. It comes with an electric stovetop with four burners for when you need to cook, as well as a microwave, a toaster, and a kettle.”

Turning around, the servant opened the door behind them. “This here is your bathroom. Everything’s pretty compact, but it's got everything you should need. All of the plumbing is up to code, so you won’t have to worry about anything going wrong there.”

Backing away from that door, The servant pointed out the glass door to the balcony before leading Ed to the centre door.

“In here is the bedroom. There is a king-sized bed in the centre there, with a bedside table on either side. To your left is the wardrobe and drawers for you to put all your clothes in, and to your right is the desk with your new computer. For your convenience, the head butler has gone through the trouble of sorting out your previous living arrangement, so all of your things have already been moved in. You don’t have to worry about going back there at all.”

That’s certainly very helpful. I don’t even know my way back there. “Tell Wilfred I said thank you.”

“Of course, now let me take you to the final room of the house.” The servant brought him back out to the hallway and led him to the final door that was closest to the entrance. “And finally, we have the laundry. You’ve got both a washing machine and a dryer, as well as a linen closet that has come fully stocked with towels, cleaning tools, and a sizable batch of detergent and fabric softener for you to use.

Now that should be everything I needed to show you. If you need to get around, you can call this number and a car will come to pick you up whenever you need it.” The servant handed Ed a piece of paper with a phone number on it before heading to the door. “I shall leave you to enjoy the rest of your evening, you should get up nice and early tomorrow, as Her Majesty will be expecting you at the palace tomorrow morning. “

Left alone in the room, Ed walked out onto the balcony, and watched as the car drove off back to the palace. Feeling slightly peckish, Ed made himself a sandwich and poured himself out a glass of water.

Placing his stuff down on the coffee table, he relaxed down on the couch to rest his mind after the whirlwind he just experienced over the past few days. Hopefully I can finally get a little bit of peace now that all of this has been sorted.